A Baby Raising A Villain - Chapter 2
Second chapter
»How to survive when encountering untamed beasts.
First, identify the species.
‘If it is a herbivore, you’ll get a useful slave.
If it is are carnivorous, your chances of survival may be slightly reduced.
One, if you have a weapon, you can survive enough. Bring the beast to their knees with violence.
Unless by a very slim chance you meet the head of the beast, you will be able survive.«
– Best Sellers of the Empire of Eden, How to Tame Animals Extract –
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Every Sunday, I remembered the passage of a book I read over my shoulder at the temple while following the sisters.
Was it my own death flag?
Why did the slim chance in the book appear to me?
I was at a loss when I saw the man in front of me.
”Eden Lion Heart……..
A man who is the head of a beast tribe who is hostile to humans.
Beyond the Prima forest leading to the back of the Need Nursery, the man who was supposed to be guarding on the border of the Empire, stood before me.
“I’m not going to let it slide even if you pretend you don’t know it now”
‘Look at those fierce eyes.
‘It was really “Lion” beast.
The predator with the prey in his hand showed no gap.
“……you won’t believe me anyway.”
“I’ll be the judge.”
My heart beat fast.
“After telling Eden everything honestly, what’s the probability that I’ll survive?’
‘It wasn’t easy to be sure.
Fortunately, many memories came back in a short time. the memory of reading the original novel many times and my talent for making animal goods.
“These two are enough!
There was a chance of survival.
“Whats your purpose?”
“What?”
“I’m asking who’s behind you.” (he’s suspicious at how she approached him)
He was already suspicious of me. I felt a growing strain on the hand held by him.
“But I’m just a baby?”
“Magic in disguise isn’t that difficult.”
A keen look swept through me. Now that you’ve been suspicious.
‘It’s hard to survive with a clumsy lie or a one-sided life begging!
I know him well. In order to get revenge, he hid his entire identity and infiltrated the Eden Empire.
If I get in the way of his revenge plan……. You’ll kill me without hesitation. Then, there is only one way.
”To be a person necessary for his revenge.’
I took a deep breath and slowly took off my lips.
“……Uncwel, shall we move seats first?”
“You must have run out of tricks.”
“I have to tell you a secret.”
“What secret?”
“Shh.”
His eyes narrowed. I knew how to coax him in this situation.
“Someone might be eavesdropping.”
Even if you’re bitten by a beast, you just have to keep your head straight.
“I’ll do anything to survive!
Even if it’s cheating the world’s strongest villain.
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Eden was cautious.
He’s probably thinking of the number of possibilities. This revenge must have been prepared by him for a long time.
“Follow me.”
My prediction was exactly right.
He took me into the woods. His carriage was parked in a deserted place.
“Get on.”
He spoke to me in an imperative tone.
How can a four-year-old child open the carriage door herself?
No matter how hard I tiptoed up, it was useless height.
Tpouted my lips at him, who was deeply unfriendly.
“Uncwel should open the door.”
It was a courageous statement made by the child.
He opened the carriage door without saying much, although he made a slight grimace.
Hai-yakk! Here we go. (Basically her she made a childlike sound while getting on the carriage)
Finally, as I entered the carriage, I heard someone approaching this way.
“Huh. Aren’t you going to adopt a boy?”
A new character has appeared. He was a man with coveted blond hair who seemed to have cut and pasted a wheat field in autumn.
‘I know who he is.
‘It’s Richard!
He was later known as the butler of the LionHeart family in Vis.
Of course it was an extra role. To bring back the sentence that described him in the book? It was ‘Eden’s right-hand man, golden retriever puppy beast!
“Oh.”
Richard, standing in front of the carriage, stared at me and exclaimed.
“Congratulations, sir.”
“?”
One of Eden’s eyebrows was raised at an angle.
“You finally found a child who didn’t cry when they saw your face.”
“What?”
Is Richard fearless, or does he not have any sense?
He babbled regardless of Eden’s stiff face.
“You look just like a rabbit, but you must be a brave baby.”
“It’s not a child to be adopted.”
“What? Then why did you bring her to the carriage? ……Well, no way.”
Richard looked at my countenance and whispered softly to Eden.
“Did you do this because you’re hungry……?”
“Do I look like I have that much free time?”
“I’m just saying this because I feel like I’ll see you two together often in the future.”
Richard, who spits jokes with a smiling face, gave a fierce look. I got goosebumps behind my back watching from the side.
“Richard.”
“Yes, sir.”
“If you say one more word of useless things, I’ll engrave it as your tombstone.”
“I don’t taste good.”
“How does that sound?” added Eden, grabbing the door of the carriage. “I want you to go scouting around.”
“I’ll have take your orders, won’t l?”
No, don’t go. Richard!
She was eager to hold onto him, but Eden kicked Richard out.
When the door of the carriage closed, there was a breathtaking silence again.
‘Oh, if only I can disappear like smoke.’
Eden took a small pocket watch out of his arms. “Five minutes, let’s start the countdown.”
5 minutes? Isn’t that too short?
The ticking, diligent ticking of the clock pushed away the silence. It’s a shame that I’ve decided what to say while I’m moving. I was almost in a bind.
Topened my lips quickly before Eden gets more fickle.
“I saw you excwellency in a dream.”
“A dream, is it.” His eyes changed sharply when the title addressed to him suddenly changed.
“I have a precognitive dream.” Even though he could not read her mind, her heart seemed to be read from his cold amber eyes that were cold.
There was a palpable sense of murder.
“You’re really asking me to end you huh.”
“It’s true….” The child’s mouth went dry trying to tell a lie.
‘If he find out it’s a lie, i’ll disappear without a trace.’ She fiddled with the grass she had brought from the faucet for no reason. It was a long-standing habit that comes out when you want to hide your nervousness.
“I’m going to look incredibly suspicious to you, but you can’t kill me.”
Which part of the story was funny?
He burst into a smirking snort and nodded his head as if to keep going.
T’ll be a very helpful baby to you.”
“How so?”
I looked up at him.
“You’re going to settle down in Vis, aren’t you?”
“…….” His expression shook subtly.
All right, it’ll work if I do well. I prepared with courage and then continued.
“That’s why you want to adopt a child born in Eden.”
Vis, the capital of the Eden Empire, can only be settled and lived by imperial citizens. There are several ways for foreigners to legally obtain the right to settle the Vis, and the easiest and fastest way was “adoption.” It was for the same reason that Eden visited our nursery.
“I know why you came to our orphanage. Our orphanage, unlike other places, has no sponsorship, so can we avoid the eyes of others? Right?” (I translated as nursery in the prev chapter but its actually an orphanage),
“……your superiors seem to be using quite a useful source. It’s like that.” (He’s commenting on how she gets the information about his plan)
He closed the watch and put it back in his inner pocket.
“If you had intended to lie to me, you would have to prepare more sincerely.”
“…… Are you leaning on the side that doesn’t believe me?” (his judgement)
“A bird can hear a horse during the day and a mouse can hear a horse at night. I have quite a few useful resources, but none of them have brought in any information that there is a saint who dreams of precognition.”
He’s right.
“This is a plan I just came up with to live!
The foresight in this worldview is the ability that many wizards have longed for, but no one has. Perhaps in the future, no one with that ability will appear. Because it was the realm of God.
…but. If this place is in a novel, it’s a different story.’ I’ve read through this novel, and even my memory is pretty good.
‘That means I can pretend to have a prophetic dream with the information I know in the novel.’
‘I spoke in a calm tone.
“Then are you going to kwill me now?”
“I’m afraid so.”
Contrary to his words, he didn’t move right away. Then it was my turn to get a chance first.
“You don’t have to put blood on your hands.”
“How come?”
“I’m going to be dwead tomorrow anyway”
Eden’s movement stopped. I added at the right time.
“There’s going to be a big fire in the nursery. Don’t you think accidental death is less eye-catching?”
His brow frowned. The crumpled expression he had was as if a child who seemed to have barely taken the numbers asked, “Where did you learn such words?”
“Its because I’m a genius baby.”
“Are you going to say that’s a skill related to prophetic dreams?”
“Yes, thats cowwect”
We looked at each other as if we were wary of each other in silence.
“……what kind trick is this?”
Treached out to his inner pocket, which I had been eyeing for a while. A half-stretched watch was caught. I opened the lid of the watch and showed him the time.
“It hasn’t been 5 minutes yet!” Of the time he promised me, there was a minute left.
“…….”
Tick.
The clock’s second hand moving diligently reflected over the transparent golden pupil. The tightly closed lips slowly opened, and soon a small smile came out.
“It’s definitely different. Compared with ordinary children.”
“Pwease save me.”
“Even if I spare your life now, you’ll die tomorrow anyway”
“Your excwellency can chweck to see if what I’m saying is the truth or not”
“What I can get in exchange for sparing the days of your life?”
“You’ll get a chance.”
“Chance?”
“A chance to know if what I’m saying is true or not. And if that’s true, then you have the opportunity to get the ability you want most in the fight.”
He didn’t budge.
“If what I’m saying isn’t a lie, then, wouldn’t it be very helpful for your excwellency?”
“I guess so.”
“Itwill be very advantageous in order to get your excwellency a spot in Vis.”
“Certainly.”
“And this is really, really a secret.”
She drew his collar and whispered in a whisper.
“I know the secret of grand ministrial war, too. It’s a secret that the birds and mice of your excellency won’t hear.” (She’s referring to his information resources in the earlier conversation)
“There’s no way.” He frowned.
“The minister doesn’t want to be caught.”
“What do you mean by that?”
I let go of his collar and smiled.
